[ad_1] John Roach, a marketing visionary who helped make the home computer ubiquitous by promoting the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80 for $599.95 or less through RadioShack chain stores in theRead More
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House’s Longtime Democratic Leader, Victor Fazio, Dies at 79
[ad_1] Victor Fazio, a longtime Democratic Congressman from California who had served as a House leader for several years, died March 16 at his home in Arlington, Va. He wasRead More
Breakthrough Pig Heart Transplant Patient Dies
[ad_1] The first person to have his failed heart replaced with that of a genetically engineered pig in a groundbreaking operation died Tuesday afternoon at the University of Maryland MedicalRead More
Awesome Florida Environmentalist Maggy Hurchalla dies at 81
[ad_1] The most public environmental fight began in 2013 when Lake Point Restoration, a company with a limestone mining operation in Martin County, sued for contract interference. He had sentRead More
Art Cooley, Founder of the Environmental Defense Fund, dies at 87
[ad_1] As a result of a lawsuit filed by the fund in Michigan, nearly every city stopped using DDT, and the application of another pesticide, dieldrin, to combat Japanese beetlesRead More
Seeing the Mind as Medicine, Dr. Herbert Benson Dies At 86
[ad_1] Herbert Benson, a Harvard-trained cardiologist whose research demonstrating the power of the mind over the body helped bring meditation into the mainstream, died February 3 in a Boston hospital.Read More
Jeremiah Stamler, who found ways to stop heart disease, dies at 102
[ad_1] A third study, which began nearly 30 years ago and is still ongoing, looks at dietary factors such as animal protein, as well as salt, that contribute to highRead More
John Arrillaga Sr., Who Helped Build Silicon Valley, Dies at 84
[ad_1] Real estate developer John Arrillaga Sr., who has physically transformed Silicon Valley from orchards to tech office parks. A major donor to Stanford UniversityHe died Monday in Portola Valley,Read More
Leading Genome Researcher Deborah Nickerson dies at 67
[ad_1] Deborah Nickerson, a human genomics researcher who helped discover genes responsible for cardiovascular disease, autism, and cardiovascular disease Miller syndromeHe died at his home in Seattle on December 24,Read More
Alan Scott, Doctor Behind Botox’s Medical Use, dies at 89
[ad_1] He married Ruth White, a teacher and housewife, in 1956. He died in 2009. Dr. In addition to his daughter Alison, Scott also survived his wife, Jacquelyn Lehmer; threeRead More